The NBA Not-Stars Team

Unfortunately, Adam Morrison was unavailable for this post since he's not on an NBA roster. Otherwise, he would have been captain of one of the squads.

The NBA just had its All-Star game, covered beautifully by WestRider here. The thing about the All-Star game though is that the guys in it are already famous and hog the highlights on SportsCenter. What if the NBA were to create a midseason classic for the “glue guys,” towel-wavers and the bodies in starting lineup tunnels? Below is what the teams would look like. It’s a list of players that have played less minutes in the entire season than Lebron James plays nightly.

In no way is this post denigrating the skills of these players, because I know they would all whoop my ass in a game of one-on-one. But be honest, you have probably not heard of most of them. That’s about to change as they are enshrined in SpreeGoogs lore.

I was getting a little worried I wasn’t going to find someone to fill this spot, as most of the shooting guards in the West play decent minutes since there’s not many studs outside of Kobe. But then I noticed Armon. Most of his action came in this victory celebration dance.

Still trying to figure out how Luke Walton has an NBA contract. He has perfected the art of jumping-in-the-air-to-pass-but-then-realizes-he-doesn’t-have-any-hangtime-so-he-throws-a-terrible-pass-and-turns-the-ball-over.

With the final selection to the starting lineups, I wanted to add a little flare. Najera certainly qualifies with his Latin roots and energy. And let’s face it, I had to include someone from the Bobcats on the Not-Stars team. It would have been wrong not to.

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